# Millward (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/millward/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,600 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,572 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 192,966 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (1,360 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Milward |

## Etymology

From mill + ward, an occupational surname for someone in charge of a mill.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Millward in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Millward in Australia.

## People named Millward

- Anna Millward, Australian cyclist

## Similar surnames

Millard, Mallard.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.